
John Cena issues apology to China in Mandarin after calling Taiwan its own country in 'F9' interview
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John Cena apologized to the people of China after mistakenly referring to Taiwan as a country.
Cena was promoting his role in the upcoming ninth installment of the "Fast and Furious" franchise on a Taiwanese broadcaster when he said, in Mandarin, "Taiwan is the first country that can watch ‘F9,’" according to The New York Post. His comments sparked an immediate backlash in China, which could have meant disaster for the film in one of its principal international markets. In order to address the backlash, Cena took to the Chinese social media site Weibo to issue an apology in Mandarin, which he has studied in the past in order to help promote his wrestling career internationally. He then shared the same video on Twitter.More Related News